diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc.c
index bac5471a1a78..350434a8b953 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc.c
@@ -710,6 +710,10 @@ static int vf_guc_init_post_hwconfig(struct xe_guc *guc)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
+	err = xe_guc_buf_cache_init(&guc->buf);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
 	/* XXX xe_guc_db_mgr_init not needed for now */
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_buf.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_buf.c
index 0193c94dd6a0..14a07dca48e7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_buf.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_buf.c
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@ int xe_guc_buf_cache_init(struct xe_guc_buf_cache *cache)
 	struct xe_gt *gt = cache_to_gt(cache);
 	struct xe_sa_manager *sam;
 
-	/* XXX: currently it's useful only for the PF actions */
-	if (!IS_SRIOV_PF(gt_to_xe(gt)))
-		return 0;
-
 	sam = __xe_sa_bo_manager_init(gt_to_tile(gt), SZ_8K, 0, sizeof(u32));
 	if (IS_ERR(sam))
 		return PTR_ERR(sam);